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Monday, January 21, 2008

And speaking of harmful chemicals...

There is no treat I like better than Dr. Pepper, and specifically Dr. Pepper with Sonic ice (you know the kind with crunchy little balls) in a styrofoam cup! I never feel too bad about it, even when I'm pregnant since my book says 2 cups of coffee a day are ok- which is equal to 5 cans of soda, and I usually don't have more than 1 or 2, but today there's a new study out that makes it harder to justify! On they news they said 200mg of caffeine (or 5 12oz cans of pop) a day will double your risk of miscarriage. Yikes! And that caffeine readily crosses the placenta, but it's hard for their little bodies to metabolize it. Ok, I guess I've always known it wasn't good, but it has made me look at it a little differently... I've had 2 miscarriages before, but I know I didn't touch caffeine with the first one, and I'm not sure on the second one, but it happened really early and I know I didn't drink it daily then either. And I drank it plenty with my last 2 babies and they turned out fine. So there you go- if you wanted to know the facts about caffeine when you're pregnant, that's what I know. I'm not ready to swear it off completely for the next 3 months (and if you think that makes me a bad mom, don't tell me!) but I am taking it more seriously now dang it!

6 comments:

Well, you're in the home stretch, and Charlie is much tougher now. And if you are having a day when your body says "I need a Dr. Pepper" (that's what mine says sometimes!), then what are you gonna do?! :)

happy birthday! I still dream about diet coke. I would rather have diet coke than FOOD! I stopped drinking it cold turkey though. I figure that after seeing how well it cleans off my battery cables on my car...what the HECK does it do to my body? Laugh at me if you may, but I think eventually they are going to link caffeine with alzheimers, and if not that something major! Just my thinking.....but yes I still dream about my diet coke. yum yum.

i'm not much of a dp fan, myself, but there must be something about it! I know so many people who are OBSESSED! Haven't I heard somewhere that it's doubly dangerous to forbid someone their obsession in their third trimester than anything else?

the wannabe-crafter

I really like to make stuff: food, cards, scrapbooks, sewing projects, crafts, etc, but finding the time to actually DO those things without neglecting my home, husband, and kids is difficult! I love Dr. Pepper with a passion, and my husband Sam too! (and I use way too many exclamation points when typing!)